The storyboard step between a script and an AI video

A catalogue of 24 AI tools that put a storyboard between the script and the video. For each it records what the board comes back as, how camera angles are set, how the cast is kept the same, how one panel is changed, how the board becomes video, and whether the board can leave as a file. As of 2026-09-25.

1The board, one panel per tool

Each panel is one tool, in alphabetical order. The heading over the frame is what its board comes back as; the lines underneath are how it sets the camera, how it keeps the cast the same and where the board goes next. A red stamp marks the tools whose pages describe exporting the board as files.

1. Panel 01Image panelsAI Drama GeneratorCamera Set on the panelCast Reference imagesNext Generated clips
2. Panel 02Panels plus listsBoordsExportCamera Set on the panelCast Assets called by nameNext Animatic
3. Panel 03Image panelsDirectStudio AICamera Move presetsCast Held by the toolNext Generated clips
4. Panel 04Panels plus listsDrawstoryExportCamera Read from the scriptCast Defined castNext None given
5. Panel 05Image panelsElser AICamera Set on the panelCast Defined castNext Generated clips
6. Panel 06Image panelsFrameoExportCamera Read from the scriptCast None givenNext Animatic
7. Panel 07Written shot planHeyGenCamera Written into the shotCast Defined castNext Generated clips
8. Panel 08None givenHiggsfieldCamera Move presetsCast Reference imagesNext Generated clips
9. Panel 09Image panelsImagineArtCamera Set on the panelCast Assets called by nameNext Generated clips
10. Panel 10Image panelsKatalistCamera Set on the panelCast Held by the toolNext Generated clips
11. Panel 11Image panelsLTX StudioCamera Move presetsCast Assets called by nameNext Generated clips
12. Panel 12Image panelsM StudioCamera Set on the panelCast Reference imagesNext Generated clips
13. Panel 13Image panelsMagicLightCamera Set on the panelCast Defined castNext Generated clips
14. Panel 14Image panelsOiiOiiExportCamera None givenCast Reference imagesNext First and last frames
15. Panel 15Image panelsPippitCamera None givenCast Reference imagesNext Generated clips
16. Panel 16Written shot planSceneMixerCamera Written into the shotCast Reference imagesNext Generated clips
17. Panel 17Panels plus listsScreenWeaverCamera Written into the shotCast Assets called by nameNext Generated clips
18. Panel 18Image panelsStory.comCamera Written into the shotCast Held by the toolNext Generated clips
19. Panel 19Panels plus listsStoryboarder.aiExportCamera 3D cameraCast Held by the toolNext Generated clips
20. Panel 20Panels plus listsStoryboardHeroExportCamera Written into the shotCast Held by the toolNext None given
21. Panel 21None givenStoryShortCamera None givenCast Held by the toolNext Generated clips
22. Panel 22Image panelsToonkitExportCamera Written into the shotCast Assets called by nameNext Generated clips
23. Panel 23Image panelsTopview Drama StudioCamera None givenCast Assets called by nameNext Generated clips
24. Panel 24Panels plus listsTrendShortCamera Written into the shotCast Assets called by nameNext First and last frames

2How many tools describe each field

Inclusion rule. The 24 board tools on the register; a field counts when the vendor's pages say anything about it. Order. The order the fields appear on every tool sheet.

3Why the board, not the clip

A single clip can be judged by eye. A sequence cannot: somebody has to decide which shots exist, what each one frames, who is in it and in what order, before any generation is paid for. The tools on this catalogue all put that decision on a board first, and they differ in what the board is made of and how much of it can be changed before it goes to video.

Some return drawn panels, some pair the panels with a shot list, and a few return only writing. Some let the camera be set on the panel, some read it from the script, one moves a 3D camera around a finished frame. Those differences decide how a scene gets planned.

4What the catalogue shows

Nearly every tool describes what its board looks like and how it moves on to video, usually inside the same product. Far fewer describe the board as something that can leave: two thirds are silent on export, and the ones that do describe it are mostly tools from pre-production, where a PDF for a client is the point.

5Where to start on the board

Open a tool if you already work in one, a field if your question is about camera, cast or export, or the board queries when you have a scene to plan and want to know which tools cover the step you need.

• Board tools — How 24 AI storyboard tools handle the board…
• Data — Every statement Text2Video Board copied about boards, camera, cast, panel edits, video…
• Board outputs — Makers searched by name, read on their own pages for what a storyboard comes back…
• Board rankings — Two rankings of AI storyboard tools by what their own pages describe…
• Board fields — Each storyboard field read across all 24 tools, with detail pages where a vendor says more
• Board pairs — Two board tools set against each other on the six fields, with the lines where they differ…
• Board queries — Questions a storyboard planner asks, answered with the tools whose pages cover them
• Panel terms — Words used for panels, shot lists, animatics and references, defined as the catalogue uses…
• Boarding basics — Short notes on storyboarding for AI video, each grounded in what the catalogued tools say